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What an amazing book. This is a wonderful story of a quiet, timid woman who tries her best to help others, but who feels like she is never doing enough. In a way, her story is that of many women in many places around the world who strive to please and serve others, to the detriment of themselves. She is suddenly given a clue about a tragic event that happened in her past, and discovers the fact that she had been lied to about that event. Her world is turned upside-down, and she has to re-discove
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I think 2020 has hampered my ability to fall in love with a book completely. I think I had one 5 star book all year. Nevertheless, I wanted to send this review out to my friends. This book was written by the author of the Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper, which I loved. This book reminds me of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine (although not as tragic), so if you liked either book, I recommend this book to you.
A sweet story about second chances in life. Hard for me to resist a book with "library" in the title. This reminded me a bit of Eleanor Oliphant or A Man Called Ove, but without the bite or nuance of those stories.
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I enjoyed this book. It definitely showed a growth of the main character as she found herself and shed her family binds and role. Some interesting plot twists that were somewhat predictable. All in all an enjoyable read
Mar 27, 2019
Sharon
marked it as to-read
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Laura
marked it as maybe
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